1Yahweh said to me, “Welcome once more this woman who makes love to others. Love her just as Yahweh loves his people who turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to them.”
2So I bought her for fifteen pieces of silver and a whole measure of barley. 3Then I said to her, “You shall stay here with me many days without giving your self to anyone and without deserting me for another man. And I too will stand aloof.”
4For the people of Israel shall be for many days without king or ruler, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without divination or household idol.
5Then the people of Israel shall turn back, looking for Yahweh, their God, and for David, their king. In the last days they will come respectfully to Yahweh and to his blessings.
62:1 Yet the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, that cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” they shall be called “children of the living God.” 72:2 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be reunited, they will appoint one leader to rule over them, and they will come up out of the land. For there will be a great victory in Jezreel. 82:3 You will call your brothers My-people, and your sisters My-loved-ones.
